Thesaurus / mildewy
FEEDBACK- airless
- ancient
- crumbling
- dank
- decrepit
- fetid
- moldy
- putrid
- smelly
- squalid
- stale
- stuffy
- antediluvian
- antique
- decayed
- dirty
- dried-out
- dry
- filthy
- frowzy
- malodorous
- mildewed
- moth-eaten
- noisome
- old
- rotten
- spoiled
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How to use mildewy in a sentence
The outline of the damp, mildewy wall was just visible in the feeble, flickering light.
THE STRAND MAGAZINE, VOLUME V, ISSUE 28, APRIL 1893VARIOUSWe followed a pad through the weeds until we came to a dilapidated, mildewy slab hut.
FROM CHART HOUSE TO BUSH HUTCHARLES W. L. BRYDEHe presented, altogether, rather a mildewy appearance, and emitted a fragrant odour of full-flavoured Cubas.
THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB, V. 2(OF 2)CHARLES DICKENSMiss Troil came in and took out the things, which, having become damp and mildewy, she wished to dry.
PETER TRAWLW. H. G. KINGSTONShe broke one, drinking its water, which was mildewy, and eating the last particle of the meat.
SOUTH SEA TALESJACK LONDONTommy is one o' that mildewy sort as are gen'rally gloomy and down on their luck.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOL. 109, OCTOBER 26, 1895VARIOUSAlthough the meat was passable, the bread—heavy, sodden, and often mildewy—was a source of daily and indignant protest.
THE 28TH: A RECORD OF WAR SERVICE IN THE AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE, 1915-19, VOL. IHERBERT BRAYLEY COLLETTTheir faces are all mildewy--eaten away,' and she hid her face for an instant with her left hand.
A DIVERSITY OF CREATURESRUDYARD KIPLINGThe old black wrap was still in it, but it was mildewy and stuck to the basket.
THE LOWEST RUNGMARY CHOLMONDELEYWORDS RELATED TO MILDEWY
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